Dr. Amalesh Kumar Manna
Assistant Professor I
Dr. Amalesh Kumar Manna is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. Prior to joining KIIT, he served as an Associate Professor at UEM, Kolkata. He also worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at C. V. Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar. Dr. Manna has 2 years and 6 months of postdoctoral research experience under UGC–Dr. D. S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship. He was awarded the prestigious UGC–Dr. D. S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 2019. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from Vidyasagar University in 2017. His research interests include EOQ & EPQ models, supply chain management. He has published 56 research papers in reputed international journals.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from Vidyasagar University
COURSE EXPERTISE
Operations Research, Optimization
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Imperfect production inventory models, Supply chain management in crisp, fuzzy, stochastic, and interval environments, and meta-heuristic optimization techniques
Administrative Responsibilities
School Level Quality Assurance Cell (QAC) member, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University; Deputy Superintendent of Boys Hostel from July, 2025. KIIT Deemed to be University
Outreach Activity
Art of Giving Camp in 2024, Education for All in 2025
Professional Membership
Associate Editor of Frontiers in Sustainability (Impact Factor: 2.9; Scopus)
Projects & Consultancies
Project Title: Optimization technique(s) development for solving nonlinear optimization problems………
Role: Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) [ARG-MATRICS]
Project Cost (INR): 1800000
Date of Commencement: 23-12-2025
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing


